As Headlong Theatre's adaptation blows minds in Melbourne, we can only hope Australia's new political regime brings with it more words, not 'fewer and fewer'There's a torture scene in Headlo…
Today's debates about gender fluidity are familiar ground for the performers who have explored such subjects for years in Live ArtFor years I've been claiming that if you want to know what t…
Forget traditional adaptations. Productions such as National Theatre Wales' Iliad reveal a new type of staged book " and increasingly, the sources needn't actually be a work of fiction, or e…
Barbican, LondonThree eye-opening dance pieces by emerging Indian talents blend classical and contemporary stylesThree Indian dance works show three different faces of the country. In Deepak…
Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, London Nicola Wilson's debut drama gives affecting snapshots of one woman at different points in her mental decline, but too many facts stifle the emotional imp…
Royal and Derngate, NorthamptonPatrick Hamilton's atmospheric melodrama, revived by Lucy Bailey, is creaky old tosh but hugely entertainingTara Fitzgerald may be the star of Lucy Bailey's re…
Experimental US theatre group the TEAM talk about their latest show tackling national " and gender " identity by reinventing cultural icons Beat this for a plot synopsis: the king of rock'n…
A light touch and generous manner from the staff can turn an evening from good to great, affecting the way you feel about the show " and about returning to the venueWhen Scotland's Grid Iron…
Dancer best known for his character roles who had a 56-year association with the Royal BalletAlthough his name might never have appeared at the top of the posters, David Drew, who has died a…
Polka theatre, LondonParents and tiny tyrants alike will enjoy Theatre-Rites' puppet show about a babe in the woodsIt takes real maturity and confidence to make a show like Theatre-Rites' Be…
Curve theatre, Leicester Tennessee Williams's drama of faded dreams is told with a youthful cast, including Dakota Blue Richards. It's just a shame you can't hear them"I don't want realism. …
A list of the theatres and stage companies taking part in this year's event, which takes place on Wednesday 18 November Sign up for #LoveTheatreDay hereThis list will be updated every Wednes…
They have worked together on many projects over 24 years, from On the Hour through to Alan Partridge. At a Guardian Live event, Steve Coogan and Armando Iannucci talked about how they write …
A newly published anthology of polemics curated by Belarus Free Theatre explores what freedom means today. In this extract, the Welsh actor returns to his drama school days When I was at dra…
Inspired by Showgirls and awash with innuendos, this 'show and tail' piece of interactive theatre aims to take audiences back to the liberated days of the 70sInstallation artist Nina Nichols…
The star of France's premier crime drama talks about appearing in Ivo van Hove's bold take on A View from the Bridge and her determination to avoid typecastingIn a bar around the corner from…
A babysitter, a bag full of toys, and an envelope stuffed full of cash ... Inspired by Thomas Middleton and William Rowley's unsettling Jacobean tragedy The Changeling, watch the latest in o…
The wedding dancefloor would appear to be the main source of inspiration for the Canadian rapper's Hotline Bling video, but actually he channels thousands of years of dance culture On first …
Director, teacher and writer who made his mark in alternative theatre in the 1960s and 70sAlbert Hunt, who has died aged 86, was a teacher, director and controversialist who belonged to an e…
The actor is starring in Sylvia as a man whose relationship with a frisky dog alarms his wife " while the role of the hound was played by his real-life spouse, Sarah Jessica Parker, 20 years…
A Cambridge academic claims to have found the first use of a 'brilliant innovation' that has endured as a mark of incomplete speechOne of the earliest examples of the ellipsis, that tantalis…
Greenwich Park, London Charlotte Spencer's journey is more than a choreographed nature trail, as its mobile audience is gently lured into self-discoveryIn so far as Walking Stories features …
Little Angel, London"I know what you're thinking," says Rob Newman, introducing another riff on genetics, social Darwinism and the high-water mark of free-market capitalism: "…
Joanne, at the Soho Theatre, depicts five women at the frontline of overstretched public services dealing with the fallout from one unseen young woman's life"This is the bit of the job I lov…
Soho theatre, LondonTanya Moodie impresses as society's outsider " ignored by individuals, failed by institutions " in a quintet of monologuesJoanne is the young woman you glimpse sleeping i…